Pink dolphin photographed in Louisiana

The mammal was photographed by Capt. Erik Rue of Calcasieu Charter Service, who has been studying the dolphin since it first surfaced in the lake.

Rue first saw the dolphin on June 24, 2007 swimming with four normal-looking gray ones.

“It appears to be an uncanny freak of nature, an albino dolphin, with reddish eyes and glossy pink skin,” the Calcasieu Charter Service’s website reads. “It is small in comparison to the others it is traveling with and appears to be a youngster traveling with mama.”

Freshwater pink dolphins can be found in the Amazon. They are called the ‘boto’ and are the largest river dolphins on Earth.